tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post5311154205132112012..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: The War for the Soul of the DCUScipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-83660700634083511612022-11-10T00:23:05.752-05:002022-11-10T00:23:05.752-05:00Shouldn't you dislike Action Philosophers beca...Shouldn't you dislike Action Philosophers because of its obvious Jack Kirby-influence, Scipio?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-79345153082734143682022-09-23T06:20:44.173-05:002022-09-23T06:20:44.173-05:00And I thought "Kid Thudder" was just a n...And I thought "Kid Thudder" was just a nickname!Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-70422219575406878562022-09-23T00:45:24.524-05:002022-09-23T00:45:24.524-05:00With all due respect, for me, the Sensational Char...With all due respect, for me, the Sensational Character Find of 2022 is Mark Waid's Kid Thunder, whose real name is one letter away from my own.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14383234713692495686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-47821756842651439432022-09-22T14:42:29.057-05:002022-09-22T14:42:29.057-05:00STILL simping for Patty, eh, Misfit?
While I may ...STILL simping for Patty, eh, Misfit? <br />While I may agree about Patty, I have to disagree about Barry. Nothing stands as a greater testimony to Barry's ability NOT to crazy and to resist killing somebody than the fact that he's still married to Iris.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-64866066261584848262022-09-22T08:28:11.671-05:002022-09-22T08:28:11.671-05:00This probably sounds like a hopelessly simplistic ...This probably sounds like a hopelessly simplistic take on comics, but I swear it makes sense to me: just write good stories about your characters. Now I realize we can have different opinions over what constitutes "good", but when your approach to everything is just to shake things up (the harder the better), that's easier to dissect. "Good stories ABOUT your characters" can't mean just shoving them out of the way or trying to break them.<br /><br />Breaking it down so simple that even DiDio can understand it: write stories where there is a problem that the hero has an appropriate skill set to solve, in a way that most readers would agree is consistent with the hero's nature. If your approach is to say "okay but hear me out, suppose Superman wants to try mass murder as a solution?" then you are not well-suited to the assignment.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-29335919585201624212022-09-22T07:55:40.016-05:002022-09-22T07:55:40.016-05:00The "Two-Wally-Wests" moment was, for me...The "Two-Wally-Wests" moment was, for me, the most public schism of this war. As you pointed out, it was light and dark at the same time and readers were having none of it. There was huge outcry against Murder Wally, which seemed to fall on the continually deaf ears of Tom King. It smacked of Cullen Bunn's "Your King is Pissed" moment. Tone deaf to the character, ignorant of the history, and hubris to mold a character into something they think is more interesting than decades of fantastic stories. <br /><br />Comics might not be for kids, per se, but folks like Dido, King, Bunn, Bendis, etc, who break your toys and mock you for being mad about it have run the show for far too long. Stop attempting telling "your" stories in the skin of DC icons. Instead, tell the story of the icons and trust that readers will enjoy it. Or, at the very least, mesh a believable concept for the icon into the mix. If anyone should go to rehab and accidentally murder people, it's Barry How-Am-I-Still-Married-to-Iris-When-Patty-Exists Allen....CobraMisfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00254323816960257073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-40025749720803302882022-09-22T07:32:03.980-05:002022-09-22T07:32:03.980-05:00I was so excited about the JSA returning I missed ...I was so excited about the JSA returning I missed over half of this other stuff. Good news indeed. Thanx for the fun recap.Jeff McGinleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17788944317811387240noreply@blogger.com